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  • EP. 2.5
  • • January 29, 2021 •
  • 42:58

Jordan interviews Aaron Dickens. Aaron joined the Army right after graduating from college as a junior military officer (JMO) and subsequently spent nearly six years there rising to the rank of Company Commander prior to being honorably discharged. In this interview Aaron shares how the military training he received, which included significant leadership positions, prepared him to excel in B2B sales then pharmaceuticals and ultimately medical device surgical sales management at some of the top companies in the world.

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Aaron Dickens – Military Leadership to Medical Device Sales Leadership

Jordan interviews Aaron Dickens, who shares how his military training prepared him to excel in medical device sales.

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  • EP. 2.4
  • • January 21, 2021 •
  • 27:32

Jordan interviews Sheldon Hanson. Sheldon was highly successful in medical sales with 5 President Club awards under his belt working for top industry companies, including Stryker and Medtronic. He was working among the highest levels with implantable, programmable medical technology for chronic pain when he got the opportunity to take a leap into information technology. Nearly a year after he took it, Jordan wanted to check in with him to see how it’s going.

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Transitioning from Medical Device Sales to IT Sales

Jordan interviews Sheldon Hanson – highly successful in medical sales with 5 President Club awards.

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About the episode

  • EP. 2.3
  • • January 13, 2021 •
  • 46:23

Jordan interviews Dick Emmitt. Dick Emmitt’s venture capital firm, the Vertical Group, has been involved in some of the largest deals in the medical device industry. From the first ever billion dollar merger between Boston Scientific and Scimed, to the nearly $4 billion dollar acquisition of Kyphon by Medtronic and the more recent IPO launches of Outset Medical and Silk Road Medical, the Vertical Group has been at the helm guiding and shaping the medical device industry as we know it today. Listen in as one of the principal financial architects of the medical device industry touches on the past and describes how he assesses startup organizations of the future!

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Dick Emmitt Knows How to Get Deals Done

Jordan interviews Dick Emmitt, one of the principal financial architects of the medical device industry!

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  • EP. 2.2
  • • January 6, 2021 •
  • 53:09

Jordan speaks with Charles Ross, Executive Location Development Pastor at Next Level Church and former Sales Manager at Medtronic Deep Brain Stimulation. Charles reflects on how his life’s journey led him to evolve his career path and how his time in medical device sales still has an impact on his work today.

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From Medical Device Sales Management to Pastoral Ministry

Jordan speaks with Charles Ross, Executive Location Development Pastor at Next Level Church and former Sales Manager.

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About the episode

  • EP. 2.1
  • • January 1, 2021 •
  • 15:59

Jordan shares how his experience has taught him that applicants should be cautious when applying for a job online. From bloated resume databases to a lack of communication, there are plenty of reasons to lose out on an opportunity simply by applying online when an in-person approach would have been more effective. Jordan gives advice on what better practices to use and how to avoid these fateful pitfalls.

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Use Caution When Applying Online

Episode 2.1

Jordan shares how his experience has taught him that applicants should be cautious when applying for a job online.

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